West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-02-10

man with autiCip0tlonS How much better
IL would be 10 have him die without any more
hope than swine anl rats AMI snakes That
Is all Nothing moro lett him. lilo will never
know ANYTHING again. Shovel him under
Ihe soul Is only "A superior part OF tho body
and whom tho body disiuto sratcs the soul dis
lntcgratcs. AnnihilatiOn vacancy, ovorlast.
ing blank, ohhteration. Why not present
all that beautiful doctrine TO tho dying In
stead OF coming with this hoax, this swindle
OF the Christian religion, and tiliug tho dy.
ing man with Hnticipat onS OF another life,
until some in tho last hour havo clappcd
their hands, aud some have shouted
and somo have sang, and some
have becn 50 ovorwrought with JOY they
could only look ccstatic. Palace gates open
ing, they thought, diamond coroIots flash
ing, hands bockouing, orChcSttns sounding
Little children dying, actually believing tlcy
saw Then deI ortc parents, 50 that, although
the httlo children ha | lCcn 50 weak and Tee
be aud sick for weeks they could not turn
on tho DYING pillow, at tho last, in n ! AZ.
oNsym Of rapture eunc1ntrollab,e, they Spi aug
tothoir feet, and shoutol: Mother catch
me, am clmingn
And TO show the immcns,ty of this dcm.
sion, this awful Swindlc OF tho Gospel of
Jesus Christ | olen a hospital and bring into
that hospital the dcHth-hod, of a great many
Christian people, aud Ia q YOU 10y the hand
this morning, aud walk up aud down tho
wards of that hospital. and | ask few
questions; Dying St'Ih,n, what have YOU
- say Lord Jesus rece Ve my spirit
dying John Wesley, what have you to
Sayr The best OF all is, oil is with MS -
Dying Edward Payson, what have You To
say ~ float in n sea OF glory.n "Dyiug
John Bradford, what have YOU TO snyN
III therc bo any way o. going To Heaven ON
h3rseback, or IN n fiery chariot, 1t is this
Dying NeAnder, what have YOU TO saytn Il
a,n go ng q sleep now-gol ld night "Dy-
ing Mrs Florence Foster, what have Won To
say' "A pilgrim in tho va ley, but the
mountain TO - arc all aglenm from peak to
~ nl Ilkst -.
havc you To sayN The Lord who hns taken
care Cf mo iilty years, will not east me o
now; glory Toe to God aud TO tho lamb
Amen, anon. amen, Amcn' dying John
fowson, after preaching the Gospel so many
years, what have you 10 sayf My death bed
~ bed OF roses. Dying Doctor Thomas
Scott, what have you TO sayin This is
Heaven begun Dying soldier in the last
war, what Lavo you 20 saYN "Boys, / am
going To tho 'front.' dying telegraph opo.
rator on tho battle fold of Virginia. ,yhnt
have you To sayt "1he wires arc nil laid
and tho poles aro up fr, m Stony Point t1
headquart rs Dying Paul what havo You
10 SnyF 81 nm now ready 10 be o!lored md
tho tmo Of my departure is nt hand. hnyo
fought the good fight, | have finished my
course, i have kept the faith O Death
whore * thy sting, q Grave, where
Is thy victory Thanks be unto God yy-o
HlNoth us tho victory through our Lord Jesus
,hrlst" q, my Lord, my God what de-
fusion, whnt a glorious delusion Submergo
me with it, fill INV cyo, and ears with IL, put
II under my dying heal or pilow-this do
luHlon-sprent ~ over me for n canopy put
~ underneath mo for an outspread wing roll
~ over mo I'M ocean surgcs ton thousand
Iathoms deep q, IL inhdelity and If atheism
hn " nnnihilation arc reality, aud tho
Christian religion is n delusion, give me tn,
delusoni
IA strong conclusion OF every man and
woman la tho house Is that Christianity pro.
ducing such grand suits cannot bc dolu-
SION lie, cheat, "A swIndlc an hnlIurina.
ton cannot launch IA IA "a 81 ny of tho ceutu.
Tics. Your logic aud your common sense con
vince you that "A bad cause cannot produce mn
INDUSTRIOUS result, ont Of the womb of such n
monster no such angel AN bo lorn There
arc many In this house this morning I'm tho
galleriei aud on the main floor, who bcgnn
with thinking that the Christian religion was
stupid farce, who have come 10 the cnnClu-
sion that it is a reality. Why arc Won
here To dayi Why did You sing this songi
Why did you bow your head i'm tho opening
prayer why did YOU bring your family
with yOIt Why when tell YOU OF the end-
ing oi all trials in the bosom Of God do there
stand Tears IN your eyes not tears of grief
but tears Of iot such ns stand in tho ewes of
honi"sick children FAR away at school when
some ono talks 10 them about going homel
Why - u tha' YOU can 10 so calmly sub
missivo - tho death Of your loved one about
whose departure you once were so angry
nnd 80 robollipu,' There f. some
thing tho matter with Won. Al yoIr
iriond, hnvc found out there is ercnt
change Aud II some oil Won would pivo
Ypur oNpcrcnce, YOU wOuil give II i'm schol.
nrly styl'. aud others pivinr your oxpori
eDce would give 10 in broken STYLE. but the
ono experience would be Just as goo ngthe
other so 10 ~ you hnyo read everything.
You nre scient iic nnd you nto scholarly and
vet N should ask You: ''Whnt ig the tnost
sensible thing you ever did~ You would saw:
The most sensible thing ] ever did was 10
give my hcnrt ~ God. %
But there may bo other, hero who have not
had early ndynuta2oA aud NJ they were
sskot ~ give their oVpcrien.c, thoy might
ri-c aud give such stimony ne the mnp gaye
u u prayer meeting when he -aid ON my
way horo tonight, mot man who astcd
me who was goin2 ! aid i an going
good many religions aud think tho most Of
thcm are dclu ions; as tO tho Christian
religion, that b. only mott u. hat
mere notion, the Christian
that tavern over theref Yes ho sail. # SEQ
it' ID you soo mo- 'Irt. Of course see
you Vow, the time was, as oseryb0dy
in this town knows that N ] la n uunrtor
on dollar in my 20 ket could not rn- that
tavern without going ban and getting drink.
nll tho people of jeiertDu could not keep ne
ont Oi that Ulh c. but God ln. chnugcI INV
heart aud tie Lor Jesus Christ has
destroyer my thirst for strong drink nnd
there Is my whole weeks wages aud ] have
no temptation 10 90 bra thoro aud, stranger,
" this b. a notion. ] want 90 toll You 10 Is a
mighty powerful notion, 10 is a notion that
has put clothes on my childrcns back and 10
D. a notion that has filed my mouth with
Thanksgiving ~ God. And, stranger you
ha better go along with me- you might got
religion, too lots Of people are getting re-
lgiou now. %
Well we will soon understand 10 all Your
iiio and mine viii soon DO over. Wo will
soon como tO The last bar Of th' music, tO
the last at OF the tragedy, 20 tho last pnyo
OF the buok-yea. to tho last limo and O. tho
last word. and ~ you and % me 10 Will either
be miduoon or mduiyht